As we approach the Republican Party takeover of the House of Representatives president Obama has launched a full scale effort to save a few supporter seats.

Mr. President. It’s too late. You have done enough damage in the past two years that is driving Democrats to distance themselves from your coattails.

Case in point is today’s story in the Providence Journal where RhodeIsland gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio expressed his anger to the president for not being endorsed. I wonder how many other candidates for elected office are distancing themselves from Obamacare, the failed Stimulus effort, and other national disasters.

Full story link follows excerpts.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio, in a radio interview Monday morning, reacted angrily to President Obama’s decision not to endorse him during a visit to the Ocean State Monday.

“He (President Obama) can take his endorsement and really shove it as far as I’m concerned,” Caprio told talk-show host John DePetro during an interview on WPRO-AM.

Caprio went on to criticize Mr. Obama for not visiting Rhode Island during this spring’s record floods.

Caprio said Rhode Islanders “are hurting,” that the state has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country and “now he’s coming into Rhode Island treating us like an ATM machine.”

Misc. article comments:

“Can you imagine an endorsed Democratic candidate who can’t get an endorsement from his party’s President?

The face that President Obama did not endorse Mr. Caprio actually helps Mr. Caprio because President Obama is a liability. As to the question if Mr. Caprio’s angry reaction helps or hurts, that is a different matter.

LG. Republicans should not be celebrating yet. We should not take anything for granted including the polls and those prophets we see on FOX News painting a rosey picture after Nov 2nd. President Obama is rallying their base to offset some possible close seats.

Don’t stay home thinking your vote doesn’t matter.

Gilbert sidebar. We recently received a slate mailer whose headline reads “Attention: Republicans.” It is from CALIFORNIA VOTER GUIDE. Contained inside is a paid ad promoting David “Dave” Leckness who is a candidate for the Mission Viejo city council. Dave is a registered Democrat.

While several Republicans have told me that service on city councils are non partisan offices I remind them that this is a stepping stone to higher office such as our State Assembly and Senate. Three south county examples being the honorable Pat Bates, Diane Harkey and MimiWalters.

Being the minority party in Sacramento Republicans do not need to give a leg up to Democats who may follow that career path. Based on their support of Dave Leckness Frank Ury and Trish Kelley have now become RINO’s.

*Frustration usually causes those caustic outbursts from candidates and supporters!

The reality is: President Obama will do just fine….no matter how many seats are taken
in the Congress or the Senate.

He now will have “blame room”. “Oh yeah…those NO guys are the one’s blowing up
government and causing the unemployment to skyrocket.” “Oh yeah, those fat cat
buddies are all going to prosper – while the little people are going to continue to
suffer – big time!”

No, the Republicans are going to then have to blame the “Tea Party Caucus” because
they can’t get “NO Satisfaction!” Blame, blame, blame and shame! Brutal….can’t anyone
just fix stuff anymore?

Well Larry, I hate to break it to ya, but Obama will still be President after this election…for 2 more years. McConnell is telling us that the “SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING” the GOP will be focused on will be ousting Obama in 2012.

Not mostly focused on jobs. Not mostly focused on helping the economy. Not mostly focused on helping the middle class rebound. FOCUSED ON POLITICAL POWER. If you don’t find that position appalling, I really do fear for our country.

anon.
No one is questioning his staying in office for another two years. His leadership during the remainder of 2010 and 2011 will detemine if he carries the banner for the Democratic Party in the 2012 elections.

anon

Posted October 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM

OK Larry, go ahead and ignore McConnell’s appalling statement.

Larry Gilbert

Posted October 26, 2010 at 8:10 PM

anon.

I’m sorry. I have not watched or read McConnell’s statement.
With everything on my plate my spare time is devoted to our local council race

As to the national scene there is no debate on the need to get Americans back to work. We differ in that I prefer the private sector vs. Obama’s expansion of the public sector to accomplish that common goal.

Sadly we have lost heavy industry and many other industries that will not return.

While we enjoy purchasing the latest hand held electronic devices or desktop and some laptop computers for $500 do you truly believe those items could be competitively produced in union shops in the USA?
When we were in China two years ago we were amazed at all of the latest high tech products they were manufacturing and selling in their malls.
At that time they told us that by this year they would surpass Japan in the number of automobiles produced. We simply cannot compete when organized labor negotiates costly wage and benefit agreements in the states when they use slave labor in some of their manufacturing plants.
The only real growth for America is in the area of health care and our service sector.

Any product that is mass produced and labor intensive will be outsourced. This even predates NAFTA which represented the sarcastic saying that NAFTA is an acronym for “no American factories taking applications.”

We just purchased some replacement lanterns for the outside of our house. In looking at the shipping carton it reads made in China.

Pick any industry. Electronics, appliances, clothing, shoes, furniture, you name it and see how many of these items have labels that read “Made in the USA.”

anon

Posted October 27, 2010 at 7:37 AM

“I’m sorry. I have not watched or read McConnell’s statement.”

And yet, after I shared McConnell’s statement above, you wrote “Mitch is right.” Here’s what happened…you read McConnell’s statement, and you understand what he’s saying, but you’re too partisan and ideologically rigid to call him out on it. You’re genetically incapable of writing a line like “McConnell has his priorities mixed up.”

Larry Gilbert

Posted October 27, 2010 at 8:57 AM

anon.
I didn’t read it. Period.
Art, Vern and Sean will confirm that I do not duck the truth